Archive for the 'impeachment' Category
The Circus in House: Calls to Congress
I hope everybody enjoyed yesterday’s political theatre in the House of Reprehensibles. To recap:
1) Dennis Kucinich introduces a motion to impeach Lord Vader Vice President Cheney.
2) Steny Hoyer introduces a motion to table the bill, essentially killing it. Hoyer is a gelding Blue Dog, and is afraid of impeaching Cheney. The Democrats [...]
Read More..>>Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid on Impeachment
“I don’t see a connection between this and impeachment,” Pelosi said, asked about a newly released secret memo on US interrogation tactics. A moment later, she side-stepped a repeat of the same question by elaborating on her goal to “bring the country behind a return to an America that honors the vision of our founders.”
“I [...]
Bush PArdons Himself, Senate to Abet
Disgrace.
Read More..>>A Former Republican Realizes What the Democratic Leadership Does Not.
Via FDL, here’s Chris Koster, newly minted Democrat and as of August 1, former head of the Missouri Republican Caucus, on why he left the GOP:
Their far-right crusade has infected everything, from the life-saving research itself, to economic development in our state, to the sale of the MOHELA assets, to the larger debate over abortion, [...]
Democratic Split on Iraq
Although this Reuters piece is little more then a snide and sneering smear of liberal and left-wing Democrats, the writer, David Alexander, gets one thing correct: all the bullshit games on Iraq have left the party split, which is EXACTLY what people like me have been predicting since 2006.
For the most part it’s [...]
Drinking Liberally, 8/21/07
Drinking liberally, this Tuesday, 8/21/07, will be at the lovely and talented Tangier Bar, at 18th and Lombard, 6:00 PM! Free wings and drink specials for early birds.
-sigh- I hate to rant, but after reading “Concerns Raised on Wider Spying Under the Law” about that godawful FISA expansion…
…well, I don’t know what else to say.
Broad [...]
HA HA! Harry Reid Wants a “Do-Over”
talk about your pathetic mewling: after allowing an expansion of FISA that gives the corrupt Mr. Bush more power (already illegally exercised) to spy on Americans, with Alberto “I Dunno” Gonzalez running the program, spectacular failure Harry Reid, a man who makes Tom Daschle look like Cassius fucking Clay, wants a do-over. A mulligan, [...]
Read More..>>No End In Sight
See this film. I just did, this weekend. See this film.
Read More..>>Rumors On the Internets
GIBSON: We’re going to move on, Mr. President, with a question for you. And it comes from Daniel Farley.
Mr. Farley?
FARLEY: Mr. President, since we continue to police the world, how do you intend to maintain our military presence without reinstituting a draft?
BUSH: Yes, that’s a great question. Thanks.
I hear there’s rumors on the Internets (sic) [...]
Specter Wants a Mulligan (and Someone Doesn’t Know His Constitution)
Via Susie we learn that Arlen Specter wants a mulligan!
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) plans to review the Senate testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel A. Alito to determine if their reversal of several long-standing opinions conflicts with promises they made to senators to win confirmation.
Specter, who championed their confirmation, [...]
